Virginia Union Captures 2024 CIAA Golf Championship, VUU's Travon Willis Wins Individual Title

Team Leaderboard | Final Statistics

Southern Pines, NC -- Virginia Union University wins the 2024 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Golf Championship. The three-round tournament was held at the Longleaf Golf & Family Club in Southern Pines, NC. Virginia Union scored a total of 868 (+4) to claim the championship title. Graduate student Travon Willis, who represented Virginia Union, won the Low Medalist Award for his excellent performance of 209 (-7). He was also named the CIAA Golfer of the Year. 
 
Fayetteville State University finished as the Runner-up with a score of 873 (+9), and Livingstone finished third with a score of 876 (+3). Logan Atkins, representing FSU, was named the CIAA Rookie of the Year with a fourth-place performance and a score of 214 (-2). 
 
Other golfers who made it to the All-Tournament with Willis and Atkins were David Chavez of Virginia State (212, -4), Juan Lopez of Fayetteville State (213, -3), and Alkin Barkley of Virginia Union (215, -1).
 
VUU's Head Coach Lee Coble was voted as the Golf Coach of the Year by the CIAA Golf Coaches Association.
 
Virginia Union secured the CIAA Northern Division title with a 295.67 conference performance. Fayetteville State won the Southern Division crown with a score of 297.67, while Livingstone finished with 297.89.
 
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CIAA Championship Team Results
 

Place Institution R1 R2 R3 Total Par
1 Virginia Union 291 290 287 868 +4
2 Fayetteville State 288 293 292 873 +9
3  Livingstone 293 289 294 876 +12
4  Virginia State 305 301 304 910 +46
5  Bluefield State 312 302 300 914 +50
6  Winston Salem State 311 305 319 935 +71
7  Johnson C Smith 321 320 317 958 +94
8  Elizabeth City State 375 369 373 1117 +253
 
2024 ALL-CIAA Golf Team
 
Name Class Institution 2 Event Avg.
Travon Willis GR Virginia Union University 439
Brandon Jones SR Fayetteville State University 441
Alkin Barkley GR Virginia Union University 445
Logan Atkins FR Fayetteville State University 445
David Chavis FR Virginia State University 447
Christopher Buguma SO Livingstone College 450
Aliga Ibrahim FR Livingstone College 451
Zack Spann GR Virginia Union University 454
D’Yannni Rhyne FR Johnson C. Smith University 456
Michael Alugna SO Livingstone College 457
 
  
 

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